Improvement in paper skirts for ladies



J H- Hayward,

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

J. HENRY HAYWARD, OF NEl/V YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN PAPER SKIRTS FOR LADIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 58,6 1 I, dated October 9, 1866.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J. HENRY HAYWARD, author and journalist, of the city and county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful article of man ufacture-viz.,a Paper Skirt for the Use of Females 5 and I hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, I'OfrI'CllCG being had to the accompanying drawin The nature of my invention consists of a combination of one or more sections of sheetpaper, of any and every kind, quality, and color, Water and fire proof inclusive, arranged adhesively together, each succeeding section overlapping the other a proper distance, and each being strengthened at the point of juncture, through the center, and at the bottom by means of cords, tapes, r other suitable material, arranged in the thickness of the pa per, adhesively, or otherwise concealed by means of tucks, at proper distances throughout the skirt; also, by various other devices in paper, strengthened by cords, tapes, &c. such as flounces, braiding, and other appendages common to such garments, but necessary in this as a means of giving the requisite strength and durability, as Well as beauty, to the skirt 5 further, that the same is to be either plain, gathered, or laid in box-pla-its at the waist, where it connects with a Waistband or bodice of muslin, or other suitable material, or a series of Waist-hoops extending a proper distance down the skirt, and forming a component part thereof, for the purpose of giving it sufficient flexibility, durability, and strength, as well as thus also preventing the absorption of the moisture of the body; also, that two or more separate skirts may be joined to the same band, bodice, or series of Waist-hoops, for the purpose of afibrding any degree of fullness to the skirt that may be desired.

Having thus described my invention, What I desire to secure by Letters Patent is- 1. As a new and useful article of manufacture, the paper skirt, as herein described, made by the combination of one or more sections of sheet-paper of any and every kind, quality, and color, waterproof and tire-proof inclusive, arranged adhesively together, and strengthened by means of cords, tapes, or other suitable material and devices, as fully described.

2. The peculiar manner of arranging and connecting the said skirt at the waist by the means and for the purposes specified.

3. Thejoining of two or more skirts, made as above described, on the same band, bodice, or Waist-hoops, as above set forth.

J. HENRY- HAYWARD. Witnesses:

E. PHELPS. A. B. WILLIAMsoN. 

